JPH10134227A - Money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money processor which can lighten the burden on an operator and check whether or not the cash balance in itself is proper before and after overflow collection or replenishment within service hours without stopping the processor operation during the services. SOLUTION: This processor is equipped with storage parts 11 to 15 which store the amount of money held in a money storage part as cash balance, the amount of money held in an overflow part as overflow part balance, and the total amount of money that should be held in the money storage part and overflow part as necessary balance, an arithmetic processing means 16 which updates the cash balance and necessary balance in the storage parts according to the received and paid amounts of money of the money storage part at the time of money reception and payment processing, updates the overflow part balance according to the money stored in the overflow part when the money is stored in the overflow part, and updates the cash balance and overflow part balance at the time of overflow collection and replenishment, a comparing means 17 which compares the cash balance and necessary balance with each other at the time of liquidation processing and outputs the comparison result, and an output means which outputs the comparison output of the comparing means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money storage unit for storing money at the time of depositing and paying out money at the time of dispensing, and an overflow unit for storing excess money of a denomination which is full in the money storage unit at the time of payment. The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus provided.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a money handling apparatus used under the POS system (point-of-sale system), in order to manage the internal cash amount, the money amount of money held inside the cash processing device is controlled by cash. The money stored in the money storage unit is stored in the overflow unit at the time of deposit processing, and the money is stored as the overflow unit money. Each bank is
It is updated according to the storage and withdrawal of money. Then, the withdrawal process is repeated, and when the amount of money for withdrawal becomes low, the money stored in the overflow section at the time of deposit is collected from the overflow section, and then the collected money is refilled into the money storage section. The overflow replenishment process is performed, the cash balance and the overflow portion balance are updated in accordance with the respective processes, and the money taken out of the overflow portion is transferred to the money storage portion to be used as money for dispensing. The problem in this case is that the moral of the user of the money handling machine is not always high.
In other words, although the entire amount of the money taken out from the overflow section should be transferred to the money storing section, there is a real problem that a person trying to sneak a part of the taken out money exists. In this way, if overflow collection and overflow replenishment occur, the operator checks whether the cash balance is correct before and after that, and if not, the equipment operation is stopped during business hours to investigate the cause. Was.

[0003]

It is difficult to determine whether or not the overflow collection and overflow replenishment processing performed during business hours have been performed correctly by checking the cash amount checked in the settlement and the cash in the apparatus. was there. Further, the operation of checking whether the cash amount in the device is correct during business hours has been a heavy burden on the operator. If the cash amount is not correct, the operation of the apparatus is stopped during business hours to investigate the cause. Therefore, when the customer is kept waiting, it is a burden particularly for the operator.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to reduce the burden on the operator and to prevent the operation of the apparatus during business hours before and after overflow recovery and overflow replenishment. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money handling apparatus which can check whether or not the cash in the apparatus is correct outside business hours.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a money storage unit for storing money at the time of depositing and paying out money at the time of dispensing, and a denomination of which the money storage unit is full at the time of depositing. In a money handling device provided with an overflow section for storing excess money, the amount of money held in the money storage section is stored as cash money, and the amount of money held in the overflow section is stored as overflow money. A storage unit that stores the total amount of money to be held in the money storage unit and the overflow unit as a required money amount, and a cash amount and a required money amount of the storage unit according to the number of money stored in the money storage unit during a deposit process. When there is money stored in the overflow section, the amount of money in the overflow section is updated in accordance with the stored money. To update the cash balance and required balance in the storage unit, update the cash balance and the overflow balance in the overflow collection process, and update the cash balance in the overflow replenishment process and the money stored in the overflow unit. If there is, there is an arithmetic processing means for updating the overflow section money according to the number of stored sheets, a comparison means for comparing the cash money and the required money at the time of settlement processing, and a comparison means for outputting the comparison result, and a comparison between the comparison means. Output means for outputting a result.

The output means can be constituted by at least a display unit, a printing unit or an interface unit.

[0007]

FIG. 2 shows the appearance of a money handling apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In the money handling apparatus 20 shown in FIG. 2, a bill dispensing port 21, a display unit 22, and an operation unit 23 are provided diagonally upward on the upper left of the front surface, and a journal printer 24 and a bill receiving port are provided on the upper right of the front surface. 2
5 are provided. A bill processing unit keyhole 26, a coin processing unit keyhole 27, a coin dispensing port 28, a coin receiving port 29, an overflow section keyhole 30, an overflow section 31, and a coin reject port 32 are provided in a lower portion of the front surface. The display unit 22 and the journal printer 24 constitute an output unit according to the present invention.

A bill processing unit (not shown) (FIG. 3: bill processing unit 41) is locked by a key engaged with the bill processing unit key hole 26, and the same is performed by a key engaged with the coin processing unit key hole 27. The internal coin unit (FIG. 3: coin processing unit 42) is locked, and the overflow unit 31 is locked by a key engaged with the overflow unit keyhole 30. Unless each of these keys is used, an attendant cannot directly touch the money inside. Further, transaction data is logged for each transaction processing, and unit opening / closing data is logged for each opening / closing of a unit or the like.

At the time of deposit processing, a deposit operation is performed by the operation unit 23, and the deposited bill is inserted into the bill deposit port 25 in accordance with whether the deposit is made with a bill or a coin.
When the deposit coins are inserted into the display 9, they are counted and displayed on the display unit 2.
In addition to displaying the count amount in 2, the bills and / or coins determined to be normal are stored in the bill storage unit including the bill storage unit and the coin storage unit unless each processing unit is full. Coins of a denomination whose coin storage section is full are stored in the overflow section 31. The banknote determined to be abnormal is discharged to the banknote dispensing port 21, and the coin determined to be abnormal is discharged to the coin reject port 32. At the time of dispensing processing, when a dispensing operation is performed by the operation unit 23, the dispensed bill is ejected from the bill storage unit to the bill dispensing port 21 and dispensed coins are transferred from the coin storage unit to the coin dispensing port 28. The dispensed money is displayed on the display unit 22.

When the number of coins in the coin storage unit which can be used for dispensing is reduced, coins in the overflow unit 31 which cannot be directly used as dispensing coins are used for dispensing coins. The operator performs an overflow collection operation at the operation unit 23, unlocks the key by inserting a key into the overflow unit keyhole 30, pulls out the overflow unit 31, takes out the coins stored in the overflow unit 31, and removes the coin stored in the overflow unit 31. 31 is put back and locked. Next, an overflow replenishment operation is performed on the operation unit 23, coins taken out by overflow collection are inserted into the coin deposit port 29, counted, the counted amount is displayed on the display unit 22, and coins determined to be normal are displayed. Is stored in a coin storage unit, coins of a denomination whose storage unit is full are stored in an overflow unit 31, and coins determined to be abnormal are thrown out to a coin reject port 32.

After the business hours, the operation section 23 performs the operation of the settlement process, and the comparing means 17 uses the money amount actually held in the money handling apparatus 20 and the money amount counted (the cash amount of money). The height and the required amount of money are compared, and if they match, a message indicating that they match is displayed on the display unit 22 and the matching content is printed by the journal printer 24. If they do not match, the fact that they do not match is displayed on the display unit 22 and the contents of the mismatch are printed by the journal printer 24. next,
All the coins are ejected from the money storage unit in the money handling apparatus 20, and all the coins are taken out from the overflow unit 31 to compare the actually existing money with the required money before being thrown. If they do not match, the transaction data and the opening / closing log of the unit are analyzed to investigate the cause of the mismatch.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the money handling apparatus 20. The money processing device 20 includes the arithmetic control unit 1
0, a banknote processing unit 41 that performs banknote deposit / withdrawal processing, a coin processing unit 42 that performs coin deposit / withdrawal processing, a display unit 43 that displays a count amount, and the like. An input unit 44 for inputting data, a printing unit 45 for printing counting results, etc., and an interface unit (I / F) for communicating with an external host machine (for example, a POS system).
) 46 are connected. Here, the display unit 43 and the printing unit 45 constitute a display unit. The arithmetic control unit 10 is C
It is configured as a microcomputer system including a memory and the like mainly with a PU, and controls the arithmetic and control of each device connected thereto. The bill processing unit 41 includes the bill dispensing port 21
And a bill receiving / dispensing process performed through the bill receiving port 25. The coin processing unit 42 includes a coin dispensing port 28, a coin receiving port 29, an overflow unit 31, and a coin rejecting port 32.
The coin depositing and withdrawing process performed through. Display 43
Corresponds to the display unit 22 in FIG.
And the printing unit 45 corresponds to the journal printer 24 shown in FIG.
Corresponding to

As shown in FIG. 1, the arithmetic control unit 10 includes a banknote storage unit 11 for managing the banknote storage amount of the banknote storage unit included in the banknote processing unit 41 and a coin processing unit 42. A coin storage unit 12 for managing the money in the coin storage unit, and an overflow unit 3 included in the coin processing unit 42
1 and a storage unit 13 in the money handling apparatus which is calculated as being equal to the sum of the banknote money, the coin money, and the overflow money. Cash amount storage unit 14 for managing cash
And a required money storage unit 15 for managing the money to be held in the banknote processing device 20, an arithmetic processing unit 16 connected to each storage unit, and connected to the storage units 14 and 15. Comparing means 17. Money storage units 11 to
Reference numeral 15 includes a storage unit for the number and amount of money for each denomination and a total amount storage unit, as described with reference to FIGS. In addition to being updated by addition and subtraction, their transition process is stored as history.

The arithmetic processing means 16 stores the banknote money storage unit 1.
With respect to the banknote money stored in 1, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit are added during the depositing process and the overflow replenishment process, and the banknotes ejected from the banknote storage unit during the dispensing process are subtracted. Regarding the coin balance stored in the coin balance storage unit 12, the coins stored in the coin storage unit at the time of the deposit processing and the overflow replenishment processing are added, and the coins thrown out of the coin storage unit at the time of the withdrawal processing. Subtract minutes. With respect to the overflow section money stored in the overflow section money storage section 13, coins stored in the overflow section 31 are added to the value at the time of payment processing or overflow replenishment processing, and set to a zero value at the time of overflow collection. The reason why the overflow section money is set to zero is that it is assumed that all coins are taken out when coins are taken out from the overflow section 31.
As for the cash balance, the money stored in the money storing unit at the time of the deposit processing and the coin stored in the overflow portion 31 are added, and the money discharged from the money storing unit during the withdrawal processing is subtracted. In the overflow collecting process, the overflow portion money is subtracted, and the coin portion stored in the coin storing portion and the coin portion stored in the overflow portion 31 are added in the overflow replenishing process. Finally, regarding the required money amount, the money stored in the money storage unit at the time of the deposit processing and the coin stored in the overflow unit 31 are added, and the money discharged from the money storage unit at the time of the withdrawal processing is subtracted. .

FIGS. 4 to 8 are diagrams showing the contents stored in each of the storage units 11 to 15. FIG. The bill storage unit 11 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, as the banknote deposit amount storage unit, a 10,000-yen banknote (and amount) storage unit 111, a 5,000-yen banknote (and amount) storage unit 112, and a 1,000-yen banknote number (and amount) storage unit 113 and a total amount storage unit 110.

As shown in FIG. 5, the coin storage unit 12 stores a 500-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 121 and a 100-yen coin (and amount) as a coin-unit storage unit.
Storage unit 122 and 50-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 1
23, a 10-yen coin quantity (and amount) storage unit 124,
5 yen coin number (and amount) storage unit 125, 1 yen coin number (and amount) storage unit 126, and total amount storage unit 1
20.

The overflow section storage unit 13 is constructed as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
A 00-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 131, a 100-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 132, a 50-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 133, and a 10-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 134 A 5-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 135, a 1-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 136,
And a total amount storage unit 130.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cash-amount storage unit 14 serves as a cash-amount storage unit, and the number of banknotes (and the amount of money) is 10,000 yen.
The storage unit 141 and the storage unit 1 for the number of 5,000 yen bills (and the amount)
42, a 1,000-yen bill (and amount) storage unit 143, 5
A 00-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 144, a 100-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 145, a 50-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 146, and a 10-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 147 A 5-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 148, a 1-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 149,
And a total amount storage unit 140.

As shown in FIG. 8, the required money storage unit 15 is used as a required money storage unit.
The storage unit 151 and the number of 5,000 yen bills (and the amount) storage unit 1
52, a thousand-yen bill (and amount) storage unit 153, 5
A 00-yen coin (and amount) storage 154, a 100-yen coin (and amount) storage 155, a 50-yen coin (and amount) storage 156, and a 10-yen coin (and amount) storage 157. A 5-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 158, a 1-yen coin (and amount) storage unit 159,
And a total amount storage unit 150.

Next, a specific example of the processing contents of the money handling apparatus 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
The figure shows an example in which coins of 5000 yen are taken out from the overflow section 31 by overflow collection and 5000 yen of coins taken out by overflow collection are replenished by overflow.

<1. Each bank account before the start of business> Suppose the banknote bank account, coin bank account, overflow bank account,
Cash balance and required balance are stored in the balance storage units 11 to 1 respectively.
5 total amount storage units 110, 120, 130, 14
The unit is [yen] at 0 and 150, and the banknote bank balance ... 90,000 coin bank balance ... 10,000 Overflow bank balance ... 0 Cash balance ... 100,000 Required balance ... 100,000 It is assumed that Note that the reserve money prepared before the start of business is prepared in the initial loading process so that the stored values in the money storage units 11 to 15 and the actual amounts of the respective coins match.

<2. Change in each amount of money due to sales during business>
During business, there is a 9,500 yen sales deposit due to the first sales, and the breakdown of the deposits and withdrawals is 10,000 yen bill x 1 deposit, 5
If it is a 00 yen coin x 1 withdrawal, first, at the stage of the sales and deposit, each cash amount before the start of business is calculated by the arithmetic processing means 16.
Is updated as follows. Banknote section: 100,000 Coin section: 10,000 Overflow section: 0 Cash section: 110,000 Required section: 110,000 Cash amount: 100,000 Coin money amount: 9,500 Overflow money amount: 0 Cash money amount: 109,500 Required money amount is updated to 109,500.

<3. Changes in each amount of money due to sales during business> Next, it is assumed that each amount of money after the first sales changes as follows by the following sales. Banknote section: 185,000 Coin section: 4,700 Overflow section: 5,000 Cash section: 194,700 Required section: 194,700 , 300 yen in sales, and the breakdown of the deposits and withdrawals is 5,000 yen bill × 1 and 100 yen coin × 3 deposits, no withdrawals, each bank account is updated as follows Is done. Banknote section: 190,000 Coin section: 5,000 Overflow section: 5,000 Cash section: 200,000 Required section: 200,000 In this case, the withdrawal is assumed to be zero. Therefore, there is no change in each money amount due to the withdrawal.

<4. Change in each money amount due to overflow collection> After the above-mentioned step 3, if it is assumed that the coins of 5,000 yen have been collected from the overflow section 31, each money amount changes as follows. Banknote section: 190,000 coin section section: 5,000 Overflow section section: 0 Cash section: 195,000 Required section 200,000 At this stage, the required section is not updated.

<5. Change in each money amount due to overflow replenishment> When overflow is collected, the same amount of 5,000 yen overflow replenishment is made to the coin storage unit. As a result, each banknote changes to banknote bank: 190,000 coin bankroll: 10,000 overflow bankroll: 0 cash bankroll: 200,000 required bankroll: 200,000.

<6. Change in each amount of money due to subsequent sales during operation> 8,000 yen of sales and deposits due to subsequent sales, and the breakdown of the deposits and withdrawals is the deposit of 10,000 yen banknote × 1, the deposit of 1,000 yen banknote × 2 If it is a withdrawal, first, at the stage of sales and deposit, each balance after overflow replenishment is: banknote balance: 200,000 coin balance: 10,000, overflow overflow balance: 0 cash balance ... 210,000 Required balance is updated to 210,000. Next, each bank account is updated as a result of the withdrawal, as follows: banknote bank: 198,000 coin bank: 10,000 overflow bank: 0 cash: 208,000 required bank: 208,000 You.

At the time of the settlement process, the cash amount stored in the cash amount storage unit 14 and the required amount stored in the required amount storage unit 15 are compared with each other by the comparing means 17, and as a result, It can be confirmed that both match. As described above, when the two coins match, the display unit 43 (FIG. 2: display unit 22) displays that the coins coincide with each other, and prints the coincident contents in the printing unit 45 (printer 24). . If they do not match, the display 43 (display 2
In step 2), it is displayed that there is a mismatch, and the printing unit 45
(Printer 24) prints the mismatched content. FIG.
Shows a case where only the amount of overflow replenishment differs from the case of FIG. That is, coins extracted from overflow replenishment by overflow collection 5
In this case, only 3000 yen out of 000 yen is executed, and thereafter, there is 8000 yen in sales. It is as follows if shown according to the case of FIG.

<5 '. Change in each money amount due to overflow replenishment> After the above-mentioned overflow collection of 5,000 yen, if a smaller amount of 3000 yen overflow replenishment is made to the coin part, each money amount will be as follows. Change. Banknote section: 190,000 Coin section: 8,000 Overflow section section: 0 Cash section: 198,000 Required section 200,000 At this stage, the cash section and the required section differ (cash Amount <
(Required money).

<6 '. Change in each amount of money due to sales during business 3 '> Next, similarly to the above, there is a sales deposit of 8,000 yen, and the breakdown of the deposits and withdrawals is 10,000 yen banknote × 1 deposit, 1,000 yen banknote × Assuming that it is the second withdrawal, first, at the stage of the sales and deposit, the respective moneys after overflow replenishment change as follows. Banknote section: 200,000 Coin section: 8,000 Overflow section: 0 Cash section: 208,000 Required section 210,000 Next, each bank account is calculated as follows. Change. Banknote section ... 198,000 Coin section ... 8,000 Overflow section section ... 0 Cash section ... 206,000 Required section 208,000

As described above, the cash balance before settlement is 200,000.
Thousands of yen, required money amounted to 208,000 yen, and compared with the settlement process, coins of 2000 yen did not match (cash shortage)
It turns out that it becomes. Thus, the number of mismatches and the total amount of mismatch for each denomination are printed out by the journal printer 24. By analyzing the overflow collection process and the overflow replenishment process of the transaction data log based on the printing result, it is possible to easily find the cause of the mismatch.

In the above-described embodiment, it has been described that only coins are stored in the overflow portion 31. However, only banknotes or both banknotes and coins may be stored in the overflow portion 31.

In the above-described embodiment, the money handling apparatus capable of handling both bills and coins has been described. However, the present invention is also applicable to a dedicated machine, that is, a coin handling machine or a bill handling machine. Can be.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the comparison result is output to the display means as the comparison result output means.
The comparison result may be output to an interface unit serving as a comparison result output unit and displayed on an external display unit or printing unit.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is checked whether or not the overflow collection for replenishment of change and the replenishment of overflow have been performed normally by comparing the cash balance with the required balance at the time of settlement. If the comparison results do not match, the total amount and the number of sheets for each denomination are printed out by a printer,
Based on the output results, log analysis can be performed to investigate the cause, reducing the burden on the operator, making it possible to calm down and investigate the cause during settlement outside business hours, and spending a lot of time during business hours to investigate the cause. There is an effect that it is not necessary to stop the operation of the device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an internal configuration of a calculation control unit in the money handling apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a money handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the money handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bill storage amount storage unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a coin section money storage section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of an overflow section storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a cash amount storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a required money storage unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a table showing transition of values in each storage unit when normal processing is performed.

FIG. 10 is a chart showing transition of values in each storage unit when abnormal processing is performed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 arithmetic control unit 11 banknote storage unit 12 coin storage unit 13 overflow storage unit 14 cash storage unit 15 required storage unit 16 arithmetic processing unit 17 comparison unit 20 currency processing unit 21 banknote Dispensing port 22 Display section 23 Operation section 24 Journal printer 25 Bill receiving port 26 Bill processing unit keyhole 27 Coin processing unit keyhole 28 Coin dispensing port 29 Coin receiving port 30 Overflow section keyhole 31 Overflow section 32 Coin reject port 41 Bill processing unit 42 Coin processing unit 43 Display unit 44 Input unit 45 Printing unit 46 Interface unit (I / F unit)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A money handling apparatus comprising: a money storage unit for storing money at the time of depositing and paying out money at the time of dispensing; and an overflow unit for storing excess money of a denominated money type of the money storage unit at the time of depositing. In, the amount of money held in the money storage unit is stored as cash money, the amount of money held in the overflow unit is stored as overflow money, and should be held in the money storage unit and the overflow unit. A storage unit for storing the total amount of money as a required money amount, and at the time of payment processing, updating the cash amount and the required money amount of the storage unit according to the number of money stored in the money storage unit, and the overflow unit If there is money stored in the overflow part money is updated according to the stored money,
At the time of withdrawal processing, the cash amount and the required amount of money of the storage unit are updated according to the number of money thrown out of the money storage unit, and at the time of overflow collection processing, the cash amount and the overflow amount are updated. A processing means for updating the cash amount at the time of overflow replenishment processing and for updating the money amount of the overflow part according to the number of stored money, if any, stored in the overflow part; and And said required money,
A money processing apparatus comprising: a comparison unit that outputs the comparison result; and an output unit that outputs a comparison result of the comparison unit. 2. A money handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output means comprises at least a display section, a printing section or an interface section.